Letter: To Colin Hughes (January 1971).
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| Author | Jones, David (1895-1974) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Hughes, Colin |
| Title | Letter: To Colin Hughes (January 1971). |
| Notes | David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for a card from 5th January [1971] and for his ongoing 'research' / confirms Malory's Morte d'Arthur as the source for the phrase 'and on the morn Elias the captain came' [the adjutant in 15 RWF was actually called Capt Elias] / explains that in 'In Parenthesis' quotations from past literature etc. have a correspondence with actual events / discusses at length the choice of names he gave 'Mr Jenkins', the young subaltern in his battalion: Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / Wilde's play Picture of Dorian Gray one source/the Catholic chaplain in his battalion, Father Deiniol Hughes MC, whom Jones encountered in 1917 near the Yser Canal model for the Father Larkin of 'In Parenthesis' / had been in touch with Captain Fitzsimmons of the battalion who was at school with Fr Hughes and could have elaborated on this but was now dead / Fr Hughes always with his men even in battle / inspiration for the phrase 'why is Father Larkin talking to the dead' in 'In Parenthesis' / Written in black ink with notes in purple and black ink. |
| Item Date | 14th January 1971 |
| Creation place | Harrow, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Letter |
| Repository name | National Library of Wales |
| Repository address | Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales SY23 3BU UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=3239 |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards |
| Copyright | The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/6184 |
